{"product_id":"9781770225688","title":"The Historic Karoo","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo many people, especially those driving along the N1 national road at high speeds, the Karoo represents nothing more than a monotonous, hot and arid landscape to be put behind one as quickly as possible. But in this vast, open region, history is everywhere, if visitors would only look for it. And that is exactly the purpose of The Historic Karoo - to point out all the many places, buildings, objects and associated personalities of historic interest in the Karoo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Karoo has been the world of travellers, literary figures (Olive Schreiner and Rudyard Kipling), statesmen and politicians (Sir Winston Churchill) and medical pioneers (Dr Chris Barnard). It has also been the scene of serious conflict, of which the many old British blockhouses, forts, grave sites and memorials dating from the Anglo-Boer War are vivid reminders; and it still boasts old examples of vernacular and industrial architecture, and engineering, in the form of corbelled houses, water mills and bridges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Historic Karoo traverses the N1 in a broad sweep from Touws River to Norval's Pont, venturing off east and west, to provide short histories of the towns as background and then point out the sites, buildings and other aspects of interest in the particular town and its environs. The book is enlivened by historical and current photographs and interesting side panels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Chris+Schoeman\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eChris Schoeman\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chris Schoeman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375783887011,"sku":"9781770225688","price":290.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781770225688_08b17600-147e-4e20-a52a-62589a88e71a.jpg?v=1776572659","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781770225688","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}